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How do people make claims that someone had an undiagnosed/genetic Hart condition after they have died? If something is undiagnosed than it's never been confirmed, especially if you say it was genetic. Did someone test this guys DNA after he died and got the results back in record time?
Genetic or not, this guy likely died from cardiac arrest after a lethal arrhythmia was triggered. For example, most people talk about Dallas McCarver having a heart attack and bring up his family history. Problem there is that Dallas never had a heart attack. Yeah he had a family history and yeah autopsy showed his cardiovascular system had significant signs of congestive heart failure due to the size of his heart and his large amount of atherosclerosis. However, in that same autopsy report it states that he did not have any signs of myocardial infarction. Same goes for Rich Piana, mild plaque in his arteries and an inlarged heart, but zero damage present to his heart in regards to signs of myocardial infarction. Both guys went into cardiac arrest than died.
Take away point, If you work out or use drugs of any kind, go get an EKG. If you have not had an EKG done and you do things that put stress on your heart, you are playing a moronic game of Russian Roulette. 1 EKG, (a patient that takes his doctors advice) and 1 non invasive surgery implanting a pacemaker, and all these guys would likely still be alive.
The person would be the coroner and the diagnosis would come from the autopsy. It's undiagnosed if medical records and information from the family and the individual's PCP don't confirm a prior diagnosis or knowledge of any heart issue(s). As far as it being genetic, family history would play a role in that.
EKG is good for any arrhythmia. Getting a coronary calcium scan and knowing your coronary calcium score is very important.